PART IVPOWER PRESSES
Inspection of guards and protection devices33
1
Every employer shall ensure that a power press is not used after the setting, re-setting or adjustment of its tools, save in trying out its tools or save in die proving, unless—
a
its every guard and protection device has been inspected and tested while in position on the power press by a person appointed in writing by the employer who is—
i
competent; or
ii
undergoing training for that purpose and acting under the immediate supervision of a competent person,
and who has signed a certificate which complies with paragraph (3); or
b
the guards and protection devices have not been altered or disturbed in the course of the adjustment of its tools.
2
Every employer shall ensure that a power press is not used after the expiration of the fourth hour of a working period unless its every guard and protection device has been inspected and tested while in position on the power press by a person appointed in writing by the employer who is—
a
competent; or
b
undergoing training for that purpose and acting under the immediate supervision of a competent person,
and who has signed a certificate which complies with paragraph (3).
3
A certificate referred to in this regulation shall—
a
contain sufficient particulars to identify every guard and protection device inspected and tested and the power press on which it was positioned at the time of the inspection and test;
b
state the date and time of the inspection and test; and
c
state that every guard and protection device on the power press is in position and effective for its purpose.
4
In this regulation “working period”, in relation to a power press, means—
a
the period in which the day’s or night’s work is done; or
b
in premises where a shift system is in operation, a shift.